What would cause someone’s basophil count to increase to 28% of the total WBC count?
The patient has been sick with a sinus infection and underwent a total of 24 days of antibiotics. The last treatment was a 14 day course of Augmentin. According to Xrays the sinus infection had resolved. Patient has been very fatigued. NOT experiencing any symptoms of active allergies. Patient has not been running a fever but has lost 5 pounds in one week and seen a rise in BP. Also, patient has tenderness in the abdomen and a pain under the left rib.
Total WBC count was high but the relative abundance of individual WBC components wasn’t as expected. Basophils were the 2nd most numerous. No eosinophils and lymphocytes were low (12%).
Any ideas?
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